'Beth being as much or more owed than Toph and I... '
Beth in Daves eyes is owed more as she was the full time career for their dying mother, meaning him and Toph don't deserve it as much. The adjective 'owed' shows Dave feels that dealing with ill parents and then to be a orphan, society owes you money, happiness especially when it comes to Beth.
The conjunction 'and' link him and Toph together showing through the deal of their parents dying they have become one yet Beth is no longer part of the group, Eggers presents her as someone who wants to move on with her life.
How much should I/can I/ will I burden Kristen?
The / between shows how Daves thought process is all over the place and Eggers presents Kristen as someone who can't be there for Dave and isn't fully supportive. The burden Dave is talking about is his life, Toph and him being a full time career now. The question shows Dave wonders if Kristen is really ready for the career responsibilities he now has.
'And something should be done about (or to) that gaunt and severe woman on the BART, the one with the hair pulled back so tight she looked half-onion.'
Dave links woman to their looks and if whether or not they would be a good mother, girlfriend and if they aren't then he uses irony to insult them. The word 'guant' means bony or bleak so his feelings towards her are shown through the description, he then uses and adjective of pulled to describe her haor and then using a metaphore describes her to look like a half onion. Irony is here as Eggers creates an harsh personality for Dave towards woman who he doesn't find attractive.
'The woman was not wearing any rings. I wondered if we could all move in together. She would understand.
Eggers presents woman as a mother, sister and girlfriend for Dave. Dave yearns to fullfill the mother role he no longer has to have a female in his life seems to be massively important to him and for Toph to grow up properly. This is shown by the adverb and adjective 'not wearing any rings' he signifies rings with being married meaning she is a possible candidate for his life. 'She would understand' using a short sentence he assumes she is in the same role, a single parent to help out.
'Many of the woman are old enough to have mothered me, and look it'
The adjective 'old' supports how expected to find a perfect woman for him and Toph yet all he sees is people who don't fit his paticular criteria and so are judged. Eggers presents woman as unflattering and unattractive if Dave can't visualize them in his life. The adjecticve 'mothered' supports the idea of Dave wanting a mother role but for Toph, he feels as if he needs a girlfriend instead.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Friday, 22 January 2016
Essay on the theme of home
Eggers shows the theme of home consistently in the novel, as Dave throughout has linked home to his mothers illness and in remembrance of his parents. On the first page Dave says ' The house is a factory' he uses this metaphor to describe his home purely because of his ill mother and how the colour and happiness has vanished, instead he has become a carer and worker, he does not play the usual son role and so this affects his view upon his home,
Dave however when describing his family home is very detached and doesn't have an emotional attachment when describing it. He describes the family room as '...ultimate refection of our true inclinations' implying it represents his family and how they once were when together, Using another metaphor Dave then says 'It's always been jumbled, the furniture competing, with clenched teeth and sharp elbows, for the honour of the most wrong looking object' at first it seems to be describing this family room as loud and violent in colour yet it can also foreshadow how the family has been feeling as if they are an outcast to the outside world, Dave repeats the theme of being different and how people watch from the outside.
When Dave describes his new home with Toph there is a sense of insecurity and a need to make it as home like as possible. Dave feels he doesn't fully give Toph the security that he needs in his life and so tries to attain it through their new home, '...for decoration and protection I paint two huge superheroes, Wolverine and Cable...' he uses childish lexical fields of comics which shows his youth and how protection is a must for Dave as he almost feels as if death surrounds him.
Acceptance is another part of Dave and his new idea of home, 'Only here would we blend.Only here, by comparison, would we seem ho-hum' repetition of 'only here' exaggerates how already they feel a lot more accepted, he also uses the verb 'blend' this indicates that everyone has a story that him and Toph aren't the odd ones out no more, no longer seen as the orphans. By adding on 'by comparison' he's explaining that no one knows about the cancer in the new neighborhood and that no watches and look anymore as everyone is too wrapped up into their own life problems. Finally the word ho-hum which means boring, he seems happy to be accepted and to no longer to be judged and for his life to seem interesting as if he feels like his new home is somewhere he can restart.
Dave however when describing his family home is very detached and doesn't have an emotional attachment when describing it. He describes the family room as '...ultimate refection of our true inclinations' implying it represents his family and how they once were when together, Using another metaphor Dave then says 'It's always been jumbled, the furniture competing, with clenched teeth and sharp elbows, for the honour of the most wrong looking object' at first it seems to be describing this family room as loud and violent in colour yet it can also foreshadow how the family has been feeling as if they are an outcast to the outside world, Dave repeats the theme of being different and how people watch from the outside.
When Dave describes his new home with Toph there is a sense of insecurity and a need to make it as home like as possible. Dave feels he doesn't fully give Toph the security that he needs in his life and so tries to attain it through their new home, '...for decoration and protection I paint two huge superheroes, Wolverine and Cable...' he uses childish lexical fields of comics which shows his youth and how protection is a must for Dave as he almost feels as if death surrounds him.
Acceptance is another part of Dave and his new idea of home, 'Only here would we blend.Only here, by comparison, would we seem ho-hum' repetition of 'only here' exaggerates how already they feel a lot more accepted, he also uses the verb 'blend' this indicates that everyone has a story that him and Toph aren't the odd ones out no more, no longer seen as the orphans. By adding on 'by comparison' he's explaining that no one knows about the cancer in the new neighborhood and that no watches and look anymore as everyone is too wrapped up into their own life problems. Finally the word ho-hum which means boring, he seems happy to be accepted and to no longer to be judged and for his life to seem interesting as if he feels like his new home is somewhere he can restart.
'We get applications'
quotes that explore what the reader might learn about Dave in his work with the Might team.
'We place an add with the local media organization, saying that we are not this and we are not that, that this will be, unless something bizarre or terrible happens, the very first meaningful magazine in the history of civilization'
Repetition is used to show that Dave knows there is no hope yet still continues with his ideas almost as if he has hope.
Adjectives bizarre and terrible show Dave as someone who has to link everything to a bad theme(death) by Dave doing this it indicates he feels as if people pity you or give you more opportunities in life almost a guilt trip as he he repeates this theme of pity him through out the book.
'We seek out alliance with others, like us, who are taking a formless and mute mass of human potential are attempting to make it speak, sing, scream to mold it into a political force'
Alliteration is used to express how Dave is and how he expects others to react, his emotions are on a rollercoaster and doesn't express them in the conventional way.
'We seek out alliance with others, like us' this shows Dave feels comfortable with people who are similar to him, who don't judge him and his past as they have been through it, Dave shows he wants acceptance into society for him and Toph and even this magazine.
'Of course, we, and our magazine, can't let on that we're part of this scene, or any scene.
By Dave saying 'we' it shows he's is relating not just to himself but to everyone, he wants to be part of something yet be an individual. The possessive pronoun 'our' shows Dave has something of his own he owns something and is proud.
'We place an add with the local media organization, saying that we are not this and we are not that, that this will be, unless something bizarre or terrible happens, the very first meaningful magazine in the history of civilization'
Repetition is used to show that Dave knows there is no hope yet still continues with his ideas almost as if he has hope.
Adjectives bizarre and terrible show Dave as someone who has to link everything to a bad theme(death) by Dave doing this it indicates he feels as if people pity you or give you more opportunities in life almost a guilt trip as he he repeates this theme of pity him through out the book.
'We seek out alliance with others, like us, who are taking a formless and mute mass of human potential are attempting to make it speak, sing, scream to mold it into a political force'
Alliteration is used to express how Dave is and how he expects others to react, his emotions are on a rollercoaster and doesn't express them in the conventional way.
'We seek out alliance with others, like us' this shows Dave feels comfortable with people who are similar to him, who don't judge him and his past as they have been through it, Dave shows he wants acceptance into society for him and Toph and even this magazine.
'Of course, we, and our magazine, can't let on that we're part of this scene, or any scene.
By Dave saying 'we' it shows he's is relating not just to himself but to everyone, he wants to be part of something yet be an individual. The possessive pronoun 'our' shows Dave has something of his own he owns something and is proud.
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